Basically, if you always want be connected to the ENTS irc channel, this is one of the best ways to do it. Some reasons one might want to stay connected would be wanting to read the channel log without having to always be connected yourself, to receive message that were left for you while you were away, to maintain a registered nick without having to worry about still being logged in somewhere else. <br />

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There's a few pretty good reasons but basically, many of us just find it easier.

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If you would like to have an account on the ENTS IRC Shell Server, please contact the [[NIC|Network Infrastructure Committee]]<br />

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Once you have your account please use the directions below to connect.<br />

'''Protip: If you're using putty and you give your connection a title under "Saved Sessions" and then click save, you can simply load your connection instead of having to type the address every time. <br />'''

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===Using It===

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First<br />

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Launch one of our two terminal multiplexers, either Screen or TMUX.<br />

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'''Protip: You need only to launch your multiplexer if you don't already have a session running, If it's already running skip to the re-connection step'''<br />

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To do this, simply type "screen" or "tmux" after logging in.<br />

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Second<br />

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Creat a terminal session to work in.

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To do this in Screen type, "ctrl+a" then "c".<br />

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To do this in TMux type "ctrl+b" then "c"<br />

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Launch one of our two IRC clients, either irssi or weechat-curses.<br />

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To do this, simply type "irssi" or "weechat-curses" respectively<br />

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To do this in screen type "screen -r -d". To do this in tmux type "tmux attach-session"<br />

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For questions, please either connect using the ([http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=ents&uio=Mj10cnVlJjk9dHJ1ZQ58 QWebIRC]) app or mailing NIC@ents.ca

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===Documentation===

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There are official guides for all apps mentioned here, please refer to them for advanced features<br />